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First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Fine set of the first trade editions, all true first printings and ALL SIGNED, of Cormac McCarthy's acclaimed Border Trilogy. ALL THE PRETTY HORSES is signed by McCarthy on the half-title page, with a handwritten note from Gary Fisketjon (McCarthy's editor) presenting the copy to a publishing representative, serving as provenance for the signing. Both THE CROSSING and CITIES OF THE PLAIN are special editions of 1,000 copies, signed by McCarthy on a specially bound-in page and signed by the publisher. A lovely signed set of the Border Trilogy. ALL THE PRETTY HORSES, the first book, won the National Book Award in 1992 and was adapted into a film directed by Billy Bob Thornton in 2000. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. . PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers. All three, fine in fine unclipped dust jackets.

The Crossing is the second novel in the Border Trilogy series by Cormac McCarthy. The story centers around a young man named Billy Parham who captures a wolf that has been preying on livestock and his journey across the border into Mexico. The novel explores themes of fate, suffering, and the pastoral versus the industrial world.